Golf tee



June 15,1926. 1,588,815

W- S. SILL-COCKS GOLF TEE Filed Sept. 30, 1925 ATTORNEY i Patented Jdne 15, 1926..

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARREN S. SILLCOCKS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE SILLCOCKS-MILLER Q1? SOUTH ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GOLF TEE.

Application filed September 30, 1925. Serial No. 59,608.

This invention relates to improvements in golf tees of the general cla s which are made in shell form; that is to say they are hollow and are provided with somewhat thin walls.

An object of the present invention is to provide hollow seamless and shell-like golf tees formed of some suitable material, preferably pyroxyline or other plastic or semiplastic material, which are allowed or caused to-harden after being molded into shape, the improved golf tee comprising a shell with a frusto-conical ball-supporting portion, and a relatively slight, and tapering" and pointed penetrating port-ion, the flare ofthe ball-su porting portion being greater than that 0' the slight penetrating portion, and the smaller end of the ballsupporting portion being at the larger end ofsaid penetrating portion, the juncture of said two ends being approximately at the v which is due to the fact that the two mouth. 8. It will be seen that the taperingmiddle of the shell.

Another object is to provide a shell-like golf tee which is jointless and composed of resilient non-metallic material, having' at the juncture of the adjacent ends of the ball-supporting portion" and the penetrating portion a reinforcement to the shell,

portions are of a different taper.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain features of structure to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which:

Fig.1 is an elevation showing the improved golf tee in actual use;

Fig; 2 is a longitudinal central section;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view, and

Fig. 4 'is a side elevation to illustrate the adaptability of the improved golf tees to nesting for packing them.

Referring to the drawings the improved shell-like golf tee comprises a -tapering and penetrating portion 5, which tapers to a point 6, together with a frusto-conical ballsupporting portion 7 which has a lip-or and penetrating portion 5 is relatively slight as compared with the ball-supporting portion 8, the taper of the latter being" greater than that of the penetrating portion 5, and that the smallerend of the ball-supporting portion. joins with the larger end of the penetrating portion 5 approximately at the middle of the shell-like golf tee. One advantage in the different taper is that an anand furthermore it will not injure the lawn appliances and tools used to courses in condition.

Preferably the improved golf tee is formed of pyroxyline properly shaped in a. mold or otherwise and allowed to harden.

keep golf It will be observed that the line of demarka--v tion between the frusto-conical ball-support ing' portion 7 and the tapered and penetrating portion 5 is a marked one, as any longitudinal cross-section through the two taper mg portions constitutes an obtuse angle.

This line of demarkation provided by the reinforcement 9 furnishes a guiding point to determine the ap roximate depth at which the golf tee is to he pushed into the ground. Furthermore a golf tee constructed. as described will have the desirable stifi'nes's in the penetrating portion 5, although the tee as a whole is composed of resilient material, the whole flaring ball-supporting portion 7 having a substantial degree of resiliency as compared with the ground penetrating portion 5, which greater resiliency in the supporting portion 7 would not be obtained, as

desired, if the same degree of taper extended 7 to the extreme point 6, and besides the golf tee would be much shorter than when made in substantially the proportions, construction and shape shown and described. Further- 'more, if a golf tee were made'ofsubstan tially the length shown in the drawings, but

had a mouth 8 of sufficient width in which to,

rest a golf yd there was but one degree of taper from the mouth 8 to the point 6, thy,

device would be too bulky andwould require I. more material in its manufacture, and this-- is substantially truejeven though the in1f-,;;

proved golf tee had a slightly curved taper.

' Another point of advantage is that the user of the improved golf tee, when takin hold of it to push it into the ground, wi know that the fingers should preferably grasp it at the points above the line of tie markation of taper or reinforcement 9, and owing to the fact that the ball-supporting portion 7 has considerable resiliency, it may be more or less compressed by the fingers so as to give a better hold to the fingers, which will assist in the-act of pushing the pointed end of the tee into the ground.

. Fig. 4 shows a number of the improved shell-like golf tees nested for packing, and it will be seen therefrom how neatly and compactly the golf tees are nested. They would take up greater linear space in nesting if of the length of golf tee substantially as shown and with the substantial width of mouth as shown, provided the nested tees had the same degree of taper from their mouths to the extreme points, and besides they would not nest in substantial contact at the mouth portions but would be separated by spaces.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: 1. A golf tee, comprising a shell with a frusto-conical ball-supporting portion, and a relativly slight, and tapering and pointed, penetrating portion, the flare of the ballsupporting portion being greater than that of the slight penetrating portion, and the smaller end of the ball-supporting portion being at the larger end of said penetrating portion, any longitudinal cross-section through the said two portions constituting an obtuse angle, and the juncture of said two ends being approximately at the middle of the shell, the ball-supporting portion and penetrating portion being tubular with a seamless junction between the two portions and a different taper to the portions at their juncture to afford a reinforcement where one joins the other.

2. A golf tee. comprising a thin shell with a frusto-conical ball-supporting portion, and a relatively slight, and tapering and pointed, penetrating portion, the flare of the ballsupporting portion being greater than that of the slight penetrating portion, and the smaller end of the ball-supporting portion being at the larger end of said penetrating portion, the juncture of said two ends being approximately at the middle of the shell, said shell being jointless and resilient and composed of non-metallic material, such as pyroxylin and the juncture at the said ends clonlsitituting an annular reinforcement of the s e In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WARREN S. SILLGOCKS. 

